Today’s match in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League between Madrid’s "Real" and "Atletico" will be the 500th for the "Royal Club" in this tournament since its inception under the name European Champions Cup.
TOP-5 clubs by the number of matches in the Champions League / European Champions Cup
1. "Real" (Madrid, Spain) — 499 matches
2. "Bayern" (Munich, Germany) — 404
3. "Barcelona" (Spain) — 357
4. "Juventus" (Turin, Italy) — 311
5. "Benfica" (Lisbon, Portugal) — 302.
It should be noted that "Real"s first anniversary, 100th match in the Champions League / European Champions Cup was against Kyiv's "Dynamo" in the first meeting of the quarter-finals of the 1972/73 season.
Dynamo — Real — 0:0, 1973This match took place on March 7, 1973, in Odessa and ended with a score of 0:0. In the return match, "Real" won decisively, 3:0, and advanced to the semi-finals.
Anniversary matches of "Real" in the Champions League / European Champions Cup
100th match: "Dynamo" (Kyiv, Ukraine) — "Real" — 0:0, 1973
200th match: "Real" — "Porto" (Portugal) — 3:1, 1999
300th match: "Real" — "Werder" (Bremen, Germany) — 2:1, 2007
400th match: "Real" — "Legia" (Warsaw, Poland) — 5:1, 2016
500th match: "Real" — "Atletico" (Madrid, Spain) — ?:?, 2025.
